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vyavasthā व्यवस्था – law; condition; order

verbal root · substantive feminine · Word type unspecified · verb

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AYI dictionary substantive feminine

law; condition; order

Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

vyavasthā ·f. distinctness, particularity; constancy, stability; state, position; decision, rule.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine · verb

Original text · English · substantive feminine

2. vy-avasthā, f. arrangement, settlement, placing apart, separating; placing in suitable order, adjusting, arranging, arrangement; relative position or state; placing or setting in or on, fixing on a firm basis, settlement, decision, decree, statute, rule, law, written declaration of the law, legal opinion (applied to the written extracts from the codes of law or proper adjustment of contradictory passages in different codes made by decisions of officers attached to the courts of justice), a decision (in general); engagement, agreement, contract; course, state, condition, system or order of things (in general).

Original text · English · verb

vyavasthā 1 . vy-ava-sthā, cl. 1. A. -tiṣṭhate, -sthātum, to be placed or situated asunder; to be arranged in due order, to be adjusted or settled; Caus. -sthāpayati, -yitum, to place or set asunder; to cause to be properly arranged or settled, decide, establish; to lay down a law; to perform.

Petersburger 1855 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

vyavasthā (sthā mit vyava) f. = saṃsthā HALĀY. 5,33. = sthiti HALĀY. 51. = niṣṭhā HALĀY. 67. = pratiniyama und niyama bei Comm. 1〉 das je-anders-Sein, Besonderheit ĀŚV. ŚR. 10,6,18. KĀTY. ŚR. 1,3,4. vyavasthāto nānā KAṆ. 3,2,20. KAP. 1,29. Comm. zu KAP. 1,12. WILSON, SĀṂKHYAK. S. 48. WILSON, SĀṂKHYAK. S. 70. SĀH. D. 3,11. Ind. St. 8,222. Comm. zu KĀTY. ŚR. 2,7,6. SIDDH. K._zu_P. 1,2,36. MIT. 47,4 v. u. varṇāśramavyabasthāśca na tadāsanna saṃkaraḥ VĀYU-P._bei_MUIR, ST. 1,29, N. 49. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 16,b,21. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 44,b,26. BHĀG. P. 5,19,4. BHĀG. P. 12,2,2. naṣṭadharmavyavastha adj. R. 7,8,27. ahorātravyavasthāyā vinā māsartusaṃkṣayaḥ wenn nicht Tag und Nacht von einander geschieden wären MĀRK. P. 16,34. mahadalpavyavasthayā BHĀG. P. 12,7,10. śeṣasyodāttatā vā syātsvāratā vā vyavasthayā so v. a. der Śeṣa ist entweder udātta oder svarita, in jedem einzelnen Falle bestimmt (nicht ad libitum) Comm. zu TAITT. PRĀT. 19,3. vyavasthāyām so v. a. in allen und jeglichen Fällen MBH. 5,3233. — 2〉 Verbleib, das Verharren an einem Orte: mahāratnāni śaṃkaraḥ . utpādya bhagavāṃstatra vyavasthāmādideśa saḥ KATHĀS. 109,71. — 3〉 Bestand, Constanz: avyavasthā sarvatra MBH. 13,2194. avyavasthābhavaccogrā tābhyāmanyo'nyavigrahe R. 6,69,37. bhaṅgaṃ jayaṃ cāpaturavyavastham RAGH. 7,51. sthalāravindaśriyamavyavasthām KUMĀRAS. 1,33. — 4〉 das Feststehen, Ausgemachtsein; eine bestimmte Regel in Betreff von Etwas (geht im comp. voran): ekaśabdasya vyavasthārthaṃ samarthagrahaṇam so v. a. damit die Bedeutung des Wortes eka feststehe P. 8,1,65, Schol. KULL._zu_M. 8,157. KUSUM. 53,10. KUSUM. 55,14. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 163,a, No. 358. fg. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 164,b, No. 363. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 165,b, No. 367. fg. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 171,b,39. fg. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 350,b, No. 824. vyavasthayā in festgesetzter Weise BHĀG. P. 9,1,39. fg. — 5〉 feste Ueberzeugung, — Ansicht: iti nāsti vyavasthāsminkvedaṃ saṃtiṣṭhate jagat R. GORR. 2,116,36. — 6〉 ein bestimmtes Orts- oder Zeitverhältniss: pūrvāparāvaradakṣiṇottarāparādharāṇi vyavasthāyām P. 1,1,34. VOP. 3,9. Comm. — 7〉 Zustand, Lage: cintaya svavyavasthām Spr. (II) 1409. RĀJA-TAR. 5,461. RĀJA-TAR. 6,6. RĀJA-TAR. 6,53. RĀJA-TAR. 6,327. — 8〉 Fall: amantrayata kāṃ kāṃ na vyavasthāṃ pārṣadāṃ gaṇaḥ RĀJA-TAR. 8,907. kathāvyavasthāsu so v. a. Gelegenheit RĀJA-TAR. 5,80.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

vyavasthā f. — 1〉 das je anders Sein, Besonderheit, eine abgegrenzte Sonderstellung KAP. 1,149. 5,124. 6,45. Comm. zu NYĀYAM. 9,2,27. ŚAṂK. zu BĀDAR. 3,3,33. 55. Instr. so v. a. in jedem einzelnen Falle bestimmt, nicht ad libitum. Loc. so v. a. in allen und jeglichen Fällen. — 2〉 Verbleib, das Verharren an einem Orte. — 3〉 Bestand, Constanz. — 4〉 eine feste Grenze ŚIŚ. 8,22. — 5〉 das Feststehen, Ausgemachtsein, Entscheidung (GAUT.); eine bestimmte Regel in Bezug auf (im Comp. vorangehend). Instr. in festgesetzter Weise. — 6〉 eine feste Ueberzeugung, — Ansicht. — 7〉 ein bestimmtes Orts- oder Zeitverhältniss. — 8〉 Verhältniss, Proportion BHĀVAPR. 3,15,8. — 9〉 Zustand, Lage. — 10〉 Fall. — 11〉 Gelegenheit.

Apte 1890 verbal root · substantive feminine

Original text · English · verbal root

vyavasthā 1 A. 1 To be placed asunder. 2 To be arranged in due order. 3 To be settled or fixed, become permanent, vacatīyamidaṃ vyavasthitaṃ Ku. 4. 21. 4 To rest or depend upon. — Caus. 1 To place or rest upon, direct towards; Ku. 7. 75. 2 To arrange, manage, adjust. 3 To settle, resolve, decree. 4 To separate, place apart. 5 To do, perform. 6 To lay down a rule or law, enact a law.

Original text · English · substantive feminine

vyavasthā 1 Adjustment, arrangement, settlement; as in varṇāśramavyavasthā. 2 Fixity, definiteness; R. 7. 54. 3 Fixity, firm basis; ājahatustaccaraṇau pṛthivyāṃ sthalāraviṃdaśriyamavyavasthāṃ Ku. 1. 33. 4 Relative position. 5 A settled rule, law, statute, decree, decision, legal opinion, written declaration of the law (especially on doubtful points or where contradictory texts have to be properly adjusted). 6 An agreement, a contract. 7 State, condition. 8 State or order of things. 9 Separation.

Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

vyavasthā f. Besonderheit, Bestimmung; Orts- o. Zeitverhältnis (g.); Zustand, Lage.

Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine

Original text · French · substantive feminine

vyavasthā vyavasthā f. (sthā) disposition, ordre; décret; article de jurisprudence. vyavasthāpita (pp. du c. de sthā) mis en ordre. vyavasthita (pp. de sthā) qui demeure, qui subsiste. Disposé, mis en ordre. vyavasthili f. (sfx. ti) persistance, invariabilité; état d'une chose mise en ordre à sa place.

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SVU 1 occurrence
SVU 1.1-1.3: The Search for the Cause 1 occurrence

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VBT 1 occurrence
VBT 139–145: Fruit of the Ways 1 occurrence

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